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Bangladeshi Textile Industry Hasn't Changed That Much.
Dec 5, 2013It seems that the status quo in the Bangladeshi textile industry hasn't changed that much. However, the increasing pressure from some international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) through social media and newspapers has caused some ...
Tags: Rupp Report, Bangladesh
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The Event Was an Unlimited Source of Important Information Concerning The Global Fiber
Nov 29, 2013As the Rupp Report mentioned last week, the annual PCI Fibres Conference 2013 took place November 7-8, 2013, in Hong Kong. The event was an unlimited source of important information concerning the global fiber and textile industry. As ...
Tags: Yarn Dyeing, Textile
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The Annual PCI Fibres Conference 2013 Took Place November 7-8, 2013, in Hong Kong
Nov 25, 2013The annual PCI Fibres Conference 2013 took place November 7-8, 2013, in Hong Kong. Topics included the supply of the various fiber raw materials and the situation in the Asia-Pacific Rim. It was an event full of valuable information and a ...
Tags: PCI, fibre, source, fiber, information
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CEMATEX,The VDMA Textile Machinery Association Is by Far The Biggest
Oct 24, 2013Among the member associations of the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers (CEMATEX), the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) Textile Machinery Association is by far the biggest. Around 120 of the most important ...
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Some People Think That China Is Not Only a Country, But Also a Big Factory.
Aug 30, 2013Some people think that China is not only a country, but also a big factory. Especially in textile production, China has the image of being a land of extremely large companies with tens of thousands of employees in every factory. For the ...
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For Centuries, Trading with Raw Material Has Been an Integral Part of Economic Life.
Aug 27, 2013For centuries, trading with raw material has been an integral part of economic life. Stock exchanges started everywhere and eventually developed into the stock exchanges that exist today, dealing with shares, too. The first stock exchange ...
Tags: Raw Material, Textile
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Bangladesh Succeeded in The Past Decade in Becoming The Second-Largest Supplier
Jul 16, 2013Thanks to very low labor costs, Bangladesh succeeded in the past decade in becoming the second-largest supplier to international markets after China. In 2012, the country exported apparel worth US$20 billion. About 50 percent is exported to ...
Tags: Bangladesh, Apparel
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ITM Texpo Eurasia 2013 Took Place in Istanbul, Turkey, at The TüYap Fair
Jul 8, 2013ITM Texpo Eurasia 2013 took place in Istanbul, Turkey, at the Tüyap Fair, Convention and Congress Center from May 29 to June 1, 2013. According to the organizers, the exhibition center was occupied by some 100 exhibitors and more than ...
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This Year's Annual Conference of The ITMF Will Take Place in Bregenz, Austria, Sept. 8-10
Jun 20, 2013As the Rupp Report already informed some weeks ago, this year's annual conference of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) will take place in Bregenz, Austria, Sept. 8-10, 2013 (See " The Rupp Report: Vorarlberg In The ...
Tags: ITMF Summit, Rupp Report, Textile
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What Is The Definition of Customers' Needs?
Apr 11, 2013One of the favorite sayings of the author of the Rupp Report is "There is no coincidence — it has to happen." And — as a confirmation of that — a coincidence happened with regard to some discussions during the yarn ...
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Spinning Was Probably The Impetus for The First Industrial Revolution in The 18th Century
Mar 28, 2013Spinning was most probably the impetus for the first Industrial Revolution in the 18th century. And most probably, there is no other sector in the whole textile production chain that underwent such drastic changes over the centuries and ...
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The Rupp Report Wrote About The Initiative Against Rip-off Artists
Mar 21, 2013Last week, the Rupp Report wrote about the initiative against rip-off artists, as it is called in Switzerland, or against Fats Cats, as called misleadingly in some other countries (See " The Rupp Report: Is Enough Now Enough?" ...
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Switzerland Is Known as Being a Country Full Only of Rich People with Golden Swiss
Mar 13, 2013In some funny places in the outside world, Switzerland is known as being a country full only of rich people with golden Swiss wristwatches eating Swiss (!) chocolate 24 hours a day. This by far is not true. However, in each rumor there is a ...
Tags: Switzerland, culture, Swiss
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Lenzing Was Honored with The Femmy 2013 Award
Mar 7, 2013No, the title is not a mistake; it is about fibers and fabrics — delicate fabrics. The Rupp Report can imagine, dear reader, that you are making an association with another award ceremony, hearing: "and the Oscar goes to ... ." Yes, ...
Tags: fibers, fabrics, award ceremony
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The Annual Figures of The National GDPs of Various Countries of The EU Were Published
Feb 28, 2013Recently, the annual figures of the national gross domestic products (GDPs) of various countries of the European Union (EU) were published. Most of them are not very favorable compared to those for Asian countries. Most of them show a ...
Tags: GDP, European Union, finance